Future plans of the Uruguay in term of use of renewable energy resources ?
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The weighty challenge the Uruguayan government faces in securing sufficient energy supplies was brought into stark relief as a dispute began in July 2011 between Argentina and Paraguay over the sale of Paraguayan electricity to Uruguay.[1] During this ongoing impasse between its neighbors, the Uruguayan government has expressed its frustration over Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s refusal to allow the transportation of surplus Paraguayan electricity to Uruguay via the Argentine power grid.[2] Uruguay and Paraguay claim that the Fernández de Kirchner administration effectively blocks such a transfer by charging almost five times the prevailing regional rate of USD 10 per Megawatt (MW) hour for power transmitted through the Argentine grid, because Argentina wishes to maintain its status as the sole purchaser of Paraguayan surplus power.[3] Prompted by this disagreement, in July 2011 Paraguayan delegates at the Mercado Común del Sur (Mercosur) Parliament called on Argentina to pay more for the surplus energy generated from Yacyretá, Argentina and Paraguay’s shared hydroelectric dam. The delegates went on to describe the current situation as “a brilliant deal for our partner [Argentina] and a heavy burden for Paraguayan national interest [to have to bear].”[4]